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>> (male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news f 4 a.m. starts now. >> good morning, it is friday january 11th. we are taking a live look outside for more roof camera here on van ness ave. we are watching whether this morning. is cold out there. that is why we are in the weather center to start. we will talk to erica about the temperatures. >> we have a freeze warning and frost advisory james. everyone will wake up to widespread areas of frost. for the san francisco bay shoreline. the freeze warning is impacting our
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north bay valleys and east bay interior valleys. judging from the numbers you can see why. we are below freezing already in napa. freezing in fairfield as well. 38 degrees in santa rosa. '40's for san francisco in daly city. this is not your morning low temperatures. temperatures are content to draw closer to sunrise. black ice forming is a possibility. winter weather advisories are in effect from 2:00 a.m. this morning until 8. the national weather service predicting a chilly day for tomorrow. both the freeze warning and frost advisory will be back heading into tomorrow. >> as we take a look at your afternoon highs we would not warm up by much. upper '40's low 50s that is the story here in the bay area. 49 in a city. 50 in san mateo
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upper '40's for pleasanton and livermore. and 51 in concord. >> satellite and radar shows cold air still coming in from the earlier cold front. we're not dealing with any rain for today a slight chance into tomorrow. beating your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast demonstrates we will see more clouds as we head into saturday and sunday. >> it looks like a 10 percent chance for rain. we will have more on the very important san francisco 49 is forecast. >> next week monday, tuesday, wednesday. sunshine and temperatures a bit warmer. >> that is your weather. >> a look at traffic. we are starting with a hot spot east bound 80. the east shore freeway at ashby avenue. in berkeley, all lanes are locked into an injury accident on the scene. >> chp is there with the
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emergency crews and attempting to get a tow trucks to clear the accident. it is not affecting traffic too much. generally this is the count to follow directions for this kind of morning. you will be detoured around it you have to exit the freeway. as of now we're seeing green on our road way censors indicating speeds over 50 mi. an hour. >> if you are leaving the house and live look at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. no problems out oakland into san francisco. it is the same right over here to san mateo bridge if you're heading out towards foster city. >> south bound 101 the golden gate bridge no problems with visibility. it is a cold start to the morning you'll have your heater on for your ride into work or school. james. >> thank you erica. we're following developing news out marin county where a 17 year-old has been shot. in the 2300 block of cold drive
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and sausalito. >> to give you more news faster we turn to kron 4 solo reporte. >> the police are investigating an attack on a woman while she was waiting on the bus. >> she was talking to herself while waiting on the bus. according to police a man walked up and used a stun gun on her face and tried to rob her. >> police say a large crowd of witnesses may have spooked the suspect. so, he ran off without stealing anything. >> investigators say this is not the first-rate stun gun attack. >> but at this time, they're not link the incident with any other cases. >> officers albie esparaz the judge says be mindful of your surroundings. >> he is african-american
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and weighs about 190 lbs. and was wearing dark clothes at the time. >> according to san francisco police this is not the first time a stun gun was used. >> take a look at this video of a man attacking other man on polk street. >> the suspect is grabbing the victim. that is when the suspect shot the victim with the stun gun. >> the to fight for a few seconds and run off in opposite directions. >> police say all this happened over a dispute over a cell phone. >> elsewhere on the peninsula investigators released a sketch of the suspect will robbed a bank in palo alto. >> this is what police think the armed robbery looked like. >> witnesses they had a gun and demanded money from tellers and a credit union. they described as a white male in his '30's 6 ft. 1 in. tall with this car near his right eye. no one was injured in the robbers. it is unclear how much money he
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ran off with. >> police have also released the picture of a man suspected of murder in san tableaus last month. >> police say, dante m arquee smith, allegedly shot and killed 30 year-old dejaun mcdonald. officials say, the victim was a new boyfriend of smith's ex girlfriend. smith is described as 511 and weighs about 180 lbs.. the suspect was last seen driving a black 1996 nissan sesdntra with tinted windows is considered armed and dangerous. >> more on a developing story fbi crews may be searching as central valley well for a long time. as they look for human remains. >> it is all part of the so- called speed freak killers case. >> the two men blamed for killing rampage in the 1980's and 90's.
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>> are now the fbi is digging through wells and linden. >> authorities originally thought the well was kron 50 ft. deep yesterday that discovered the well is as wheel around 200 ft. deep. >> the fbi says the plan did just 5 ft. a day. >> a public memorial built to mar 419 year-old alyssa bryne. she died after she left the snow globe music festival in south lake tahoe on the years the. officials say she that says one walked into a single digit temperatures. >> the results of the are taught to buy the sacramento county coroner's office found no signs of trauma or foul play on her body for
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many san francisco 49ers fans tomorrow just can't get here fast enough. >> some of them can be seen outside the team's training camp in santa clara. they're flying red and gold. and cheering as the players come and go. some players did stop to sign autographs. long time niners and elden brown and his family. >> the game will be at 5 in the evening. >> with a quick break let us go outside for a live look at the san mateo bridge. where we see traffic is like here on 92. it is cold out there especially in our interior valleys cold enough to have a frost and freeze warning in effect. we will get updates throughout the morning on those temperatures.
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>> we're back 4:10 is the time.
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>> taking a look at the market this morning futures trading show all three indexes in the negative. after stocks closed higher for the second straight day yesterday. >> here is a look at the closing numbers. the dow finished up 80 points. >> the nasdaq gained 16. >> and the s and p was up 11 points ending the day at a five-year high. >> will be watching stock market all morning here in the kron 4 morning news starting with the opening bell at 6:30 a.m.. >> chevron expects fourth quarter earnings to be notably higher than the third quarter. >> the san ramon company said fourth quarter results will be helped by their gains on asset sales and more oil and gas production. >> chevron is the nation's second-biggest oil company, and it earned 5.2 5 billion in the third quarter. >> don't break open the piggy bank just yet. >> rumors of a cheaper iphone are not true. >> apple executive paul
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schille reportedly spoke to the shanghi evening news about the buzz of a budget iphone. >> said that will ", never be the future of apple's products. >> early reports said the textile was working on a cheaper version to combat slowing sales. >> american express in announcing that it is cutting more than 5000 jobs. >> the company says the reduction in headcount will come from its travel business. >> american express says they're changing because of an inch to shift to the internet. >> that leave the company will still be it would serve their core customers base with less staff. >> whole lot of excess expect to reduce their current work force by four 6¢ by the end of the year. >> still ahead on the kron 4 morning news a local geophysicist for is done in the earthquake study. what he says it does or does not reveal about california.
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[♪...] >>4:14. but us get right to the weather forecast parent is cold cold enough that we have morning. good morning to you erica. >> good morning james. we have a freeze warning in effect for the north bay valleys and the east bay interior valleys. it is a chilly start to the morning. we will see similar conditions compared to yesterday as we head into the afternoon. as of now we are taking a live look outside at conditions. this is from our james lick freeway camera in downtown san francisco. it is clear out there. no problems with visibility. >> as we take it to your temperatures. we are now currently below freezing. in
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fact in the upper twenties in napa. 31 and vallejo. 30 in fairfield. cold for hour east bay areas. in sonoma county. it is 44 out the door in san francisco. 45 degrees in redwood city. it depends on where you are located. again, it is a chilly morning. high- pressure is back in control is building in over the pacific and resulting in that we're seeing more of the normally slow. that is coming in over our district. that is impacting the cold temperatures. i monitor the lance depending on how windy it gets that could certainly impact the wind chill. >> i have not seen much, again wednesday to pick up route the day into the overnight hours. even though we may show a number in the '40's on our graphic it could actually feel cooler as you head out to work or school. >> future cast 4:08 a.m. contending with '30's for most of the bay area.
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forties' around our east bay shoreline. >>--futurecast 8:08 p.m..0. >> portions of santa rosa and napa dropping into the '30's. on the low. the frost advisory is in effect for the entire bay area. >> afternoon highs in your neighborhood 49 for daly city. 51 in san francisco. 52 for napa and richmond. if you are heading to the san francisco 49ers playoff game kickoff is at 5:00 p.m. we are expecting temperatures in the mid '40's at candlestick park. it will be cold. it will not be too windy however, expect partly cloudy skies. there is a 10 percent chance of showers.
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>> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows several cold mornings a had of bus. temperatures will drop in the mid to upper 20s for the next several days. the good news is as we start the next work weeks there will be plenty of sunshine clear skies and temperatures a little bit warmer. as we take it to the traffic desk. >> we do not have any hot spots but a problem area. i will get to that in a minute. i want to take a look at the live cameras first. >> the bay bridge toll plaza the west bound ride out of oakland in san francisco and gannett is a smooth ride in this direction no wait at the toll plaza. if you heading to the san mateo bridge we are seeing top speed for those of you coming down the nimitz freeway. >> south bound 101 problem free drive time 22 minutes out of novato into san francisco. >> we do have a sig alert in effect at as the ave. the
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chp has managed to open two of the lanes. traffic is certainly getting by. traffic is light in the area because it is still early in is not the ninth is not the commute directiocommute directi >> a vallejo man is behind bars after police say confessed to murdering his own mother. >> it is a story we have been following here on the kron 4 morning news. >> the 70 year-old dennis stanworth told police that he had killed his 89 year- old mother nellie. and led officers to robotic. >> he is a former death row inmate who was found guilty in 1966 of kidnapping and killing two teenage girls in contra costa county. he had been living with his mother after being paroled. >> a man was killed after his big rig crashed along
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highway 37 and vallejo is been identified as 430 william ballard of roseville. >> this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc seven news. he was driving west on 37 when he collided with a white pickup. the big rigs fell from a high way to a grassy area near north bound 294 bursting into flames. saxons of both highways were closed for several hours. >> the caiman that was found apparently guarding 34 lbs. of marijuana at a castro valley home on tuesday as died. the alligator like creature named steve was seized reprobation check and handed over to the oakland zoo. the owner is now facing drug charges. >> we're getting our first look at the man accused of
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dousing his girlfriend with gasoline and setting her on fire. 20 year-old dexter oliver didn't say much as san francisco court room other and indicating he doesn't have the money for the tourney. >> is been charged with 11 felonies including attempted murder, assault and tortured. >> is accused of killing two bottles of gasoline and throwing it on his girlfriend after five overclothes a laundromat. >> bills been set for $10 million. >> he went back from the laundromat that bottles filled them up with gas and set the victim on fire. that is a very serious. if you add to that the fact that he has a history of domestic violence and that obviously has not learned from the prior incidents. this individual is very dangerous!. >> oliver's family argue he is a good family man. >> the victims' is struggling to survive a burn center at st. francis hospital. >> she is third degree burns from a waste up.
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>> a recently published report may change what we know about certain fault lines, and how to produce strong earthquakes than once thought. according to a new study published in an on- line report in the journal nature, fault line with what light is called creeping segments have long known not to produce major earthquakes until now. >> ross stein is a geophysicist with the u.s. to college geological survey in menlo park, he says that the section of san andres fall in question is been creeping for thousands of years, and he has proved. >> stein does not believe
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this latest study changes much, at least for california, but he does say we should always be ready just in case. >> it is a cold start to the morning cold enough for warning to our interior valleys. >> will be back in a little bit and we will houseful of date. >have a full update
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>> we're back at 4:24. >> some national headlines this morning. >> after meeting with other high-level u.s. leaders, leaders,hamnid karazai will meet face-to-face with president obama later today. the afghan leader visits the white house marks the second such meeting with president there. >> cash as ed payne, reports the momentous visit comes as patrol the u.s. and nato troops approaches. >> president obama here meeting with secretary of state delegate cleansing for
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dinner the two were trading helped stories about dehydration following clinton's recent medical ordeal that kept away from work for weeks. >> earlier on thursday at the pentagon secretary of defense lyonnais panetta welcomed the afghan leader. sources say the president arrived with the wish list of military equipment. >> what we talked about yesterday was let's move beyond a wish list of equipment. it is fair to say we made very good progress on the key issues we discussed. >> our meeting i believe will help lead the groundwork for presence arzi discussion with president obama on these and other topics prepar. >> provide security for the
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people. >> the obama administration warns not to expect any thing about troop numbers to come out of the meeting. the two sides are moving closer to ending the 11 year war on tower and began a stand. >> i am ed payne reporting. >> also this morning president joe biden will be meeting with gun groups. including in are a representative as it moves toward as head of president obamas task force to fight gun violence. >> already, the vice president and else in the group will have some recommendations for the president by tuesday. >> it is expected that universal background checks for all gun owners to be and that makes. >> the in are aiming todd says, it is disappointed with the meeting it had. >> the man accused of
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shooting and killing 12 people at a colorado movie theater will go to trial. the judge ruled there is more than enough evidence against james holmes to try him on more than just 160 felony counts. >> holmes is due to be arraigned later today. but his attorneys have filed papers saying he is not ready to enter a plea. >> they're expected to act for a delay. >> still ahead on the post is an excitement all round the bay area as san francisco 49ers gear up for tomorrow's game and rarely is also in on the fun. we will explain coming up on the kron 4 morning news
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>> we are back. 4:30 to time. >> in marin county force of 14 year-old person being shot to death. >> this happened just after midnight on cold driving marin city. >> it happened just after midnight. we have a crew on the way to the senate will
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bring you updates as they become available. >> will turn our attention to weather. it is cold if you are in the inland valleys you are feeling it most. that is an update on the forecast. erica. >> good morning james. it is a frosty, a chilly morning. we are below freezing in several spots. >> we are in the upper twenties in napa. 31 in vallejo. 44 degrees in downtown san francisco. low '40's in daly city. 38 in hayward. >> the national weather sy service issued a freeze warning for the north and valleys and and frost advisory for the san francisco bay shoreline. >> people have beeit is a nice e
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morning it will continue to be a cold one as we head into the afternoon. taking a look at your day planner clear sunny conditions begin a cold afternoon in store. the national weather service is another freeze warning and frost advisory because we will see similar conditions as you like up on your saturday. looking ahead we have some chilly mornings. the unsettled weather in to the weekend with a 10 percent chance of showers. as we take a look the drafter new highs plenty of low 50s in the south bay. milpitas 50 for santa clara and sunnyvale. palo alto at 52 degrees. some spots saying in the upper '40's. walnut creek at 52 degrees. 49 in pleasanton. in the north bay another cold afternoon we will see that sunshine it will remain dry. novato at 50 napa at
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52. downtown's san francisco 40 degrees. >> if you are headed to the game tomorrow 5:00 p.m. is kickoff. the san francisco 49ers against green bay packers. the temperatures in the mid '40's. it will be cool at candlestick park with light winds in the forecast. the rain chance will hold off however, we are still looking at a 10 percent chance. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast highlights the cold weather ahead of us. in fact a very cold morning inland lows dropping into the mid to upper twenties. the chance for showers as we head into sunday. clear conditions and dry weather is restore the next work weeks. temperatures will slowly climb. temperatures to be in the upper 50s by thursday. >> that is whether. in the traffic department being sig there has been cancelled east bound 80 aslan no ill effects because of an earlier injury those of you
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heading to san francisco taken the bay bridge we are seeing a couple more karsten usual. the and it's free way approach looking good. the meter lights are off. >> the san mateo bridge you can see the tail lights heading out towards foster city. it is busy out there for those of you taking westbound 92. >> south bound 101 the golden gate bridge we have no problems with visibility. quiet on the span itself with no delays with those of you coming out of marin county. >> thank you erica 4 ;33 is the time. oakland police are investigating it to alarm fire that caused heavy damage to an open bottle shop. the fire broke out last night around 7:00 p.m. on the corner of 55th avenue inch rastrask street. >> police said the flames on the control about an hour
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later the did cause damage to all the content of the billing. lee said the fire began on a mattress caught fire outside the building that spread inside luckily no one was injured. >> meanwhile a eviction and oakland end with the death of a man. >> police are serving an eviction notice and if rubella apartment when they saw the president had done. >> after a brief standoff, office went to the home and found a man had apparently shot himself. >> a high school student in central california is accused of shooting a couple of his classmates. >> deputy say, the boy started students he felt had bullied him. >> that said the 16 year-old uses brother shotgun. >> critically injured one of the students is morning in fired and others before being talked into giving up. >> 3 suspect the been arrested for a strong are more reify juvenile victims aboard a muni late this
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month. >> denwel anderson, lazaraue thomas, a cornell is taylor, 24 were arrested in connection with the robbery which occurred on december 28th near fourth and mission streets. each faces 10 felony charges five counts each of robbery and child endangerment. >> marin county will hold a gun buyback of the next to tuesday's. >> organizers will pay 200 for semiautomatic handguns and rifles. and 100 for any other operable firearm. people turning in guns way to show proof they are from san rent--from marin, sonoma, san francisco or contra costa counties. >> the surrender locations on january 15th include the
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police departments of novato, san raphael and larkspur, the point raised substation of the marin county sheriff's office and the st. andrew's church in maine city. the surrender locations on game or 21st of san raphael and mill valley police departments. >> the results iran, and the bar pilots on board the tanker that hit the bay bridge monday morning passed his drug test. by klees already passed its alcohol test. >> we learned the damage to the base of the tower on the bridge suffered $2.3 million in damage. you can see the worst of it right here on the fender. this is on the western span. >> close to the treasure island. >> these vendors are here made of wood and plastic. you can see the damage pretty clearly. officials said the center on the tower
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that was hit exactly what it was supposed to do in protecting the bridge. the bridge is structurally sound and drivers were never in any danger. >> for many san francisco 49ers fans to modjeska and gear fast enough. some of them can be seen outside the team's training camp in santa clara. they're flying red and gold. >> cheering as the players come and go. some players did stop to sign autographs. will be checking in with also reported jackie sissel coming at 4:45. >> will have more on the check with the weather when we come back.
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>> the growing flu outbreak is gripping almost the entire country. >> 41 states are reporting widespread activity at least 18 children have died from
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the bars this season. >> mary snow has been looking at the strain this virus is putting on hospitals. >> there is more than 11,000 confirmed cases so far. in minnesota some hostime hospitals are imposing restrictions on visitors. >> widespread book as a reported weeks ahead of the peak season. >> i recommend that everyone get vaccinated. is not too late to get vaccinated. that is very important note. th >> doctors say it takes about two weeks to take full effect. >> the vaccine is a good besting but is not perfect. it works better in young healthy people than in older persons. it is the best the best thing we have there are cases of influenza that occur despite immunization.
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they are often benefit if they can prevent some of the complications. it makes a more serious infection somewhat milder. >> help officials say the flu vaccine is a good match. >> the vacillation of the vaccine will change from year to year depending on what is circulating in other parts of the world. scientists have picked the best combination of the three influenza viruses that have been circulating and put them into this year's passing. >> that is the reason why people are told to get vaccinated every year. >> there is nmary snow cnn. >> the of the flu season is on schedule to arrive in california in the coming weeks. doctors with the lucille packard children's hospital at stanford say influenza strains are expected to start affecting more people in the coming weeks. >> so far no flu related
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deaths in the bay area been reported. >> some bay area retail pharmacies are offering free vaccines for children ages 4 to 18. >> for more formation on those three shots visit shoot the flu dot org. >> it is a cold start to the friday looks like it'll be a cold afternoon to.
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>> we're back. the san francisco 49ers are hosting the green bay packers tomorrow and their first playoff game. >> to get some more news faster we turn to solo reporter jackie sissel who joins us from candlestick this morning. jackie you ask a lot of die-hard fans and tomorrow cannot get here fast enough. >> if you only have 36 more hours to wait. it is pretty dark and quiet out here at the stake. in 36 hours this place will be off the hook. it will be divisional
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playoff time the san francisco 49ers versus the green bay packers. we do know that pro bowl defensive linemen justin smith is going to play. we also know the kicking controversy has been solved. jim harbaugh. he said that david acres be out the guy they brought in. the fans are excited. 49er fever is in full effect. we talk to them yesterday to gauge how excited they were about game. >> i am a big kaepernick fan. i love that guy. alex smith is great. paget willis. frank gore . they're doing a wonderful job. how excited fans?. tickets went
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ouon sell on monday and were sold out in three minutes. the game is tomorrow 5:00 p.m.. green bay packers. just so everyone knows they beat the green bay packers won in september. james. >> how soon do you think people show up for tell getting if you had to guess. they are good about opening the gates a couple of hours before man. my guess is around tomorrow people show up.newmanoon is when the party t started. >> the mayor is a san francisco in green bay, are putting was emptor'museum toursd
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and booze on the line in a friendly wager a with a weekend's 49ers and packers game. >> if the 49ers when, green bay will sponsor a special preview to doors to hundreds of san francisco schoolchildren. >> this will be of the new exploratory when it opens in april. san francisco would also receive wisconsin cheese curd, chocolate and wind. >> if the 49ers lows, san francisco will have to pay up by sponsoring a free admission day at the new children's museum of green bay, as well as sending over boudin sour dough bread, the t c h zero chocolate and anchor steam beer. >> it is freezing out there james. you'll see why freeze
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advisories in effect when you step out. walnut creek tippers and the lower '30's. and napa 28 degrees. below freezing in vallejo. 43 in the bottle. the '40's in richmond. mid '30's in fremont and livermore. sunnyvale at 36 degrees. it is cold out there and deny your morning lows. around 8:00 a.m. we will be to the cold spot of the morning. we are anticipating lower forties' to remain for our san francisco bay shoreline. the inland spots temperatures dropped into the '30's. we're not talking about the protective valley is in fact some spots are in the mid to upper 20s. >> by lunchtime is a mixed bag of the upper '40's low 50s. we will continue to see a cold day ahead of bus 8:00 p.m. tonight the purple on your screen indicates we are back in the '40's. the livermore valley could be
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dropping in to the '30's. keep that in mind as you head out tonight. low 50s upper '40's for your afternoon highs. 49 for pleasanton and livermore. 53 in oakland. satellite and radar shows we do not have too much moisture to talk about. in fact, we did not see a lot of rain associated with yesterday's cold front. anyone who saw rain we're talking trace amounts. maybe 300 of an inch. the cold front pushes through on thursday night. the was a lot of cold air associated with it. high pressure building over the pacific that will keep us dry. there is 80 percent chance of showers as we head into the weekend. i do not think we will see much. i have looked at the extended models it looks like we should be dry for most of the day on saturday off. exception of lighn passing through as we transition into sunday. >> the rest of the forecast looks like dry days are ahead of us. in the traffic
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center it is still quiet. >> not monitoring the hot spots. the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza we are seeing the volume increase. this is coming from all the approaches the mary lights are not active top speed up the incline and across the upper deck. >> a typical commute for those of you heading to the san mateo bridge. south bound 11 no accidents to report. >> over to our traffic maps green on the road way censors indicating north bound 101 again no problems coming out of marin county the drive time 23 minutes out of novato into the city. >> high speed rail officials said they're on track to start construction of california's high speed rail project. however, there several obstacles they have to overcome first. one of the big challenges is the electrification of caltran between san francisco and san jose. >> during that will eventually accommodate high- speed trains. officials hope
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to complete the $8 billion, a hundred miles system from san francisco to los angeles by 2029. with the first phase of the project schedule to start in july. >> also this morning governor jerry brown on bell this proposal for a balanced state budget yesterday's. >> brown's plan would increase k through 12 and community college funding by nearly $3 billion with the revamped school funding formula focused on low income and english language students. >> also under the proposal, medical would expand to include as many as 1 million more people in part, by relaxing eligibility requirements. >> the increase spending is possibly by revenue boost from tax measures passed by state voters including opposition 30 was temporarily hikes taxes sales. >> starting next week, cal state will begin offering on-line courses for students. the first program
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is being offered at cal state fullerton for business and ministration. it is for students who have already completed some college courses but are unable to attend campus. >> applications and have been except for a master's degrees at cal state monterey bay this year, a bachelor degree applications at csu east bay. a more formation, you log on to tell state on line dot net. >> and reminder to watch dr. phil this morning after the kron 4 morning news at 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m..
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>> 4:54 0:00. >> is cold this morning around the bay area. today and tomorrow morning we have a freeze warning in effect for the interior valleys. the weather will a nice and mild as we head into next week with highs getting back into the mid fifties. all in all not bad. erica will give
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a complete breakdown of what we can expect an unwise and a little bit. >> a star who is been seeing lately more on the big screen to be getting back to his roots. >> show it lelby lin more on hollywood minute. >> justin timber lake is going to produce new music. >> it means more to me that anybody else in the world. >> he is also put out tweets hinting that he is getting his vocal cords ready to play again. he is not released an album since 2006. he has focused on a movie career. he married actress jessica beale october. >> dmz is reporting his ex- girlfriend or the spears has lost her job. th brittney spear >> it is reported after
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completing an out when she is considering a tour. meanwhile representatives for her are not commenting. >>adele has mainly been out of the spotlight. it seems that will change when the singer makes her first post baby appearance at the golden globe awards. sky fall the thing song for the james bond film of the same name is named best original song in a motion picture. > for hollywood minute i am sjhelby lin. >> still ahead on the kron 4 morning news police are on the scene of a homicide in the ring county. we will have the latest details in the overnight shooting in a live report coming up. >> and the san francisco 49ers are gearing up for their first playoff game of the postseason tomorrow against the green bay packers. >> plus we're watching the
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weather this morning is cold temperatures are in the bay area. we will be checking in with erica less a look at our forecast. we will also be checking with robyn let's look at our morning commute. we will be right back here on the kron 4 morning
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>> (male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news at 5 starts now. >> good morning top stores were falling on friday january 11th police are investigating it overnight homicide and sausalito that left a 17 year-old male dead. >> when will the u.s. leave afghanistan. we may found out more to day as president karzi arrives at the white house. >> and we're waking up to a cold morning here in the bay area. we will have a check of your weekend forecast. >> we turn to our solo
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reporter on same mike pelton. >> darya yoli went to a dealership in concord and she told me and a lot of the windshield or frosted over from overnight. you have to make sure that you bundle up. it is not to bad but if you are out for a certain amount time an extended amount time you will feel it. yoli is my camera woman she is hard to see but she is bundled up. that is how cold it is i would old school darya i know this is an old kron 4 news jacket they used to give out the ski jackets. we're not supposed to wear it anymore it is no longer our color. i do not care. today i have my ski jacket. even this is not
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enough. >> you don't want yourself to tur blue that will not be a good color. >> they're all gone up this morning that is a word to the wise going out the door. >> yes a darya. today the national weather service agrees with us we have a freeze warning and frost advisory in effect. >> it is cold for some of our east bay valleys. vallejo 31. napa at 28. pleasanton hovering just above the freezing mark. mid '40's for downtown san francisco and san mateo. again the freeze warning and frost advisory expires at 8:00 a.m. this morning. another one has been issued for overnight saturday. temperatures will continue to drop as we approach sunrise icy wind chill's black ice forming could be a possibility. bundle up is the best advice. a look at where the numbers are expect
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to go in my next report. good morning robyn. >> good morning erica is nice and quiet no hot spots are accidents. let us look at traffic heading across the golden gate bridge it is nice and smooth into and out of san francisco. 21 minutes for your total dry time between downtown san francisco and navato. >> no problems of the south bay and east bay. 101, 280, 380 doing good along the peninsula. i will traffic check in just a bit. >> now to our developing story out of the north bay marin county 17 euro has been shot reportedly in the 2300 block of cole drive kent ausolito. >> we have mike pelton on seen with investigators. mike what you're learning? >> mike are you able to hear me? we maybe have a
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technical difficulties we will reestablish the signal. in any event the 17 year-old was fatally shot police investigators are there once we reestablished a signal with mike we will get the livlatest from the scene live. >> san francisco police are investigating a brazen attack on a woman while she was waiting for a bus. >> happen tuesday while the victim was talking on herself on while waiting for a bus at divisadero andhaight . according to police, a man walked up and used a stun gun on her face and he tried to rob her. >> officers think he was spooked by a large pie a witness is nearby. in the of running off without stealing anything. police released a brief description of the suspect. is an african- american male standing 5 ft. 11 in. away 190 lbs. and lasting wearing dark clothing.
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>> president obama and afghan president hamid kar zai our meeting at the white house to discuss the future of the u.s. role in afghanistan. >> u.s. commanders in afghanistan has proposed keeping six to 15,000 u.s. troops after 2014 to continue pursuing terrorists and training afghan security forces. >> the white house is to favor lower troop levels the military generals. officials say president obama would be open to pull in all u.s. forces out of afghanistan at the end of 2014. this is if afghanistan refuses to grant u.s. soldiers amenity. >> a vallejo man confessed to killing his mother 17
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year old dennis stnworht led police to his home where he had killed his mother nelly. >> stan worked as a former death row inmate was found guilty in 1966 of kidnapping and killing two teenage contra costa county girls real he'd been living with his mother after he had been paroled. >> the suspect accused of conducting his children from south san francisco and boarding a stolen got lester will be in court for its premierpreliminary hearing toda >> this is video of christopher maffies last court hearing. he took his three year-old daughter broken into year-old son devon from their mothers
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come back in september of last year. he then drove into the alameda harbor where he stole a 40 ft. sailboat. the coast guard says they tracked the boat to moderate bay. the children were safe. not with their mother. the father is facing five felony counts in the case. >> more on a developing story fbi crews may be searching the central valley well for a long time as they look for human remains. >> killers case. the two men life for killing that stash a killing rampage in the 1980's and 90's. right now the fbi is digging through 1980's and 90's. right now the fbi is dlook at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song.
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>> welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. looks like three day rally may break today. the dow was up 81 yesterday. dow futures down
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a right now. wal-mart has to slam a blow to the nation's carrier with news that it is offering the iphone 5 with no contract, starting today. >> the retail giant is partnering with straight talk while is to offer the iphone 5 and the iphone 44 $45 a month for unlimited talk, a text and data. >> customers to buy the phone in the store could apply for a no interest, a fixed monthly payment financing offers of $25 a month with the wal-mart credit card, the company only the iphone 5 16 gb model is available although it is either black or white. it will cost the retail price and others who don't get a subsidized price by signed a contract pay for it $649. >> don't break open the piggy bank just get. >> rumors of a cheaper iphone not true. apple executives filled schiller
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reportedly spoke to the shanghai evening news about the buzz of a budget iphone. he said that will ", never be the future of apple products. >> earlier reports of the textiles were a lot cheaper version to combat the slowing sales. >> >> i will go with that because they never lower the price on anything. we will keep the high prices. >> still ahead on the kron 4 morning news more problems for boeing this morning and federal investigators are taking action. >> and waking up to cold weather in the bay area this morning! before check of your forecast, coming up in just a
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>> and welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. new this morning more problems for boeing 787 streamliner. the jets suffered a cracked cockpit window and an oil leak on separate flight in japan on friday. both of all nippon airways' jets. >> earlier this week a battery fire caused damage to and in the 787 operated by japan air lines. while on the ground in boston. then another j f l 787 spilled fuel on the taxiway also at boston. after a computer glitch on the plane caused a valve to open. the dream liner, the world's first carbon composite airliner, will have a list price of
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207 million. >> u.s. transportation officials will hold a press conference in washington at 6:30 a.m. hour time to discuss issues related to recent electrical problems on the new plane. u.s. regulators of raise questions about the plane's reliability of along the trans ocean routes. >> let us take a peek at the bridge is the bay bridge approach looks good so does the golden gate bridge. clear shot and is cold out there this morning. >> you are right darya. it is so cold the national weather service has issued a freeze warning for the north bay velez and the space interior valleys. >> of frost advisory for the rest of the san francisco bay. that includes the spatial a line. ashley not as cold as originally forecasted. the wind's are a factor. sing warmer temperatures. between 6 and 7 this morning if the winds died down temperatures could start to drop. it is still
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cold out there. here is a highlight of the cold spots. napa 28 degrees. 30 in fairfield. below freezing in vallejo. 32 in walnut creek. temperatures will go to the course of the day futurecast 4 predicts by 8:00 a.m. and will be a sunny morning again the purple on your screen indicates several spots in the '30's. we will keep in the lower forties' around the heart of the bay pyrrhic the waterfront there. as we set the clock into motion around lunchtime we are seeing a mixed bag of the upper '40's and low 50s. it could turn out to be not to bad of a day in some spots. check out the evening hours 8:00 p.m. later tonight is friday allow people have outdoor plans will widespread in the '40's and will be a cold one. there are some wind the forecast. those of you in the livermore valley to be dropping into '30's. >> afternoon highs expected 53 for oakland. 51 for
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downtown san francisco. upper '40's for livermore and pleasanton. 51 and fremont. >> satellite and radar shows scattered showers to our north and south. we are dry here in the bay area. high pressure building in from the pacific we should be dry. we have a 10 percent chance of showers as we head into the weekend. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast demonstrate and highlights a very chilly mornings we expect to have. another freeze warning and frost advisory tomorrow. the next work weeks looking good we have plenty of sunshine. temperatures will start to rise. >> 5:19 a.m. that is the forecast here is a problem with traffic. >> thank you erica. so far so good. traffic nice and lighter around the bay area. here is a live shot at traffic just eight minutes
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from the oakland maze into downtown san francisco. it is a good ride across the upper deck heading towards downtown. the same for your ride across the san mateo bridge. you have a higher volume of traffic on the right-hand side that is westbound as you work your way up from hayward over to the peninsula. nothing to slow you down or blocking. a good commute between hayward and foster city. by way of goin3 of the golden gate bridge ride is 20 minutes from the bottle heading into downtown san francisco. traveling through livermore your starting to back up coming to the altamonte. it does pick up by the time you reach pleasanton and castro valley. >> south bay freeways no problems. 101, 87, 280 are doing fine and trouble-free. back see you james. >> thank you robyn. a man
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was killed after his big rig crashed along highway 37 and vallejo has been identified as 43 year-old william o ballard of roseville. >> we brought to this story lives on the kron 4 morning news just today. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc seven news. he was driving west on 37 when he collided with a white pickup. >> the big real fell from a high way to a grassy area near north bound 29 before bursting into flames. >> the caiman that was found apparently guarding 37 lbs. of marijuana at a castro valley home on tuesday has died. >> the alligator like creature named mr. teeth was seized during a probation check and handed over to the oakland zoo. >> however, staff members said the animal was critically ill and died. the owner is now facing drug charges.
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>> investigators released a sketch of the suspect to rob a palo alto bank. this is what police think the on robert looked like. witnesses say at a gun and demanded money from the teller of a credit union. they describe him as a white male in his '30's 6 ft. 1 in. tall with this car near his right eye. no one was injured in the robbery. it is unclear how much money he ran off with. >> it lee is also released the picture of a man wanted for murder in san pablo last month. >> police say dante ma4qu33 minutes, allegedly shot and killed 30 year-old dejuan mcdonnell. officials say, the victim was the new boyfriend of smith's ex- girlfriend. >> cement is described as 5
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ft. 11, and weighs about 180 lbs.. the suspect was last seen driving a black 1996 and the sunsdentra with tinted windows see in considered armed and dangerous. >> a uc berkeley lost in accused of beheading a loss vegas bird has pleaded guilty. 24 year-old eric cuellar was were saying last october laventhol and around the body of a dead 14 year-old hell with it guinea file that flamingo's wildlife habitat. he was sentenced to 48 hours of community service and alcohol counseling class, and also ordered to pay $200 fine and $150 in restitution to the flamingo resort. ♪ ♪ i'm halfway to your heart
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evidence against james holmes to try him on more than 160 felony counts. >> holmes is due to be arraigned later today the his attorney had filed papers saying is not ready to enter a plea. they are expected as for the lay with the hope that holmes with ripley to avoid a lengthy, expensive and upsetting trial. >> vice president joe biden that would gun owner groups including in are a rare to resist. as he goes for his head of president obamas task force to fight gun violence. >> already, the vice president announcing the group will have some recommendations for the president by tuesday. it is expected that universal background checks for all gun owners could be in the mix. the nra meantime says, it is disappointed with the meeting. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news a cold start to our morning here in the bay
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staples, that was easy. >> big story for following this morning. the f s ordered a comprehensive review of boeing 787 after firing a fuel leak earlier this week. this comes as the dream line against its nonstop flight from san jose mineta to tokyo. president
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obama and afghan president are many of the white house today. del discuss the future of the u.s. role in afghanistan. >> it is cold here in the bay area this morning as check with erica was tracking our forecast. >> it is not as cold as originally forecast. wind's are a factor. the cool air is starting to mix in with the warmer air it is not hitting the grou. >> wicked cease some spots job into the mid-20s. >> the frost advisory in freeze warning expire at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning it will be brought back into affect. cold days are ahead of us. i will talk about rain chance in my next report. robyn. >> banking erica. so far no problems at to get out the door to work or school. that is like all round the bay
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area. >> traffic on the san mateo bridge a live look from highway 92. a good ride there for the peninsula from 101 making the connection with 92. and from the detroit free way as you work your way out of hayward connecting with 92. >> the rest of the bay area trouble-free. you will see a little bit of a small set of slow traffic on 580 westbound altamonte heading towards livermore. the south bay is trouble feed.ree. >> no accidents reported a north bay. >> is 70 has been shot in the 300 block of drake avenue in sausalito. >> to get more news faster return to kron 4 solo reporter mike pelton who joins us live from the scene with the latest on the investigation. mike? >> the 17 year-old was shot just after midnight. for investigators to try to piece together what happened. the blue tint on your screen that is where
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authorities are processing the scene. they have laid down evidence markers. if they have no suspects in the case. they say the victim was shot two-three times but no word if there was one or multiple shooters. the victim was staying with relatives at this public housing complex. the victim's sister says her brother turned 17 earlier this week she is understandably devastated by the incident. she is not sure what happened the tells me her brother had been nervous last night because there were some suspicious people in the area. authorities cannot confirm that. they tell me they're still working with witnesses. there are multiple witnesses to the shooting. they are working with them to get a better picture of a and exactly what happened. james is the first homicide in marin city of this year. there was one of last year back to you. >> this is a public housing development. how close is the scene to the residents?
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is that a building to the left? >> the victims' bodies inside this tent. a couple of buildings left not sure exactly which one he was staying in with relatives. if you consider close proximity to the housing complex. >> very good mike. thank you. a tragic story coming out of the north bay. when we will follow in wait for more details about the morning. darya. >> the time now is 5:34 a.m.. >> the san francisco 49ers are hosting the green bay packers tomorrow in their first playoff game. >> to get more news faster return to solo reporter jackie sissel joins us live from candlestick. >> it is pretty dark and quiet out here now darya. almost 36 hours from now. 69,732 49er crazy fans will
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pull into candlestick taking the first round for the 49ers the divisional game against green bay packers. there is still a lot of questions of players what is going to happen. some of those have been answered. we know that justin smith the all-pro defensive linemen is going to play. how well or how much that is to be determined. the other big question the kicking situation. david acres yesterday was named by the coach as the kicker. there was a kicking controversy going on. that has been solved. we had a chance to talk to the colchester day obviously he is excited and ready to go. >> he has done a nice job. he has done a better job is more prepared and will give us the best chance to win. i cannot possibly think of anything more to say about him. >> i feel good about being prepared. the way they strutted for this test. that
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is what the meetings are. that is what the practice sessions are. then go out and compete like maniacs. >> darya back in august of 1966 the beatles played their last show at candlestick. this year the 49ers will play their last season at candlestick. i can tell you the 49ers fans are open this is not the last time they see the 49ers play football tomorrow. >> the difference between the screaming eagles fans and the screaming 49ers pfans and it's probably the body paint. >> and the price of beer. (laughter) . >> the mayors of san francisco and green bay, are putting museum stores, food
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and booze on the line in a friendly wager over this weekend's 49ers and packers game. >> if the 49ers when, green bay will sponsor a special preview towards to hundreds of san francisco schoolchildren of the new exploratory and when it opens in april. >> san francisco would also receive wisconsin cheese kurds, chocolate and wind. >> if the 49ers lows, san francisco will have to pay as by sponsoring a free admission day at the new children's museum of green bay, as well as sending over boudin sourdough bread and anchor steam beer. >> and of course we are getting ready for the big niner's packers game tomorrow and we want to see your niner pride. send us your pictures to breaking news kron.com. or post them on facebook page kron 4 news. we will share them
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throughout the morning. >> we will be back with more.
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>> it's the peak of the fleet season is get as arrive in california and the coming weeks. doctors with the lucille packard children's hospital at stanford say influenza strains are expected to start affecting more people in the coming weeks. so far no flu related deaths in the bay area have been reported. nationwide the death toll from the flu has risen to 20 and those under age 18. some bay area retail pharmacies are offering free vaccines for children ages 4 to 18. for more information on the shot to visit chic the flu that boarshoott the flu .org. is
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important remember that it takes two to three weeks for the flu vaccine to take effect. >> flu or religions of and dramatically knock down the systems. >> we will have a full look at your forecast coming up in a minute.
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>> 5:45 a.m. is the time the san francisco 49ers are getting ready to take on the green bay packers tomorrow and the nfc divisional matchups. tickets for tomorrow's game are sold out, they were gone in less than three minutes. kickoff is at 5:00 p.m. at candlestick park. and this morning it is cold out there and erica as
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tracking your forecast. >> it is a cold start to the morning but not as cold as originally expected. the national weather service is keeping the frost advisory and freeze warnings and a fact because don't get a strong it is freezing in several spots around the bay. winds are a factor it is when the as you step outside the door. temperatures in the cold air will not hit the ground. temperatures could certainly drop off some more. now but is 31 degrees. we are below freezing in vallejo at the freezing mark in walnut creek. 33 and pleasanton and 33 in fremont. later on today at 8:00 a.m. we will see clear skies and sunshine. we're still holding on to those in the spots in the low 40's and the heart of the bay. by
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lunchtime it is a mixing up upper '40's and '50's. that is the same story as we push into the afternoon highs. 8:00 p.m., a lot of us had better plans and will head out in about because it is a friday we are back into the '40's. it will be a cold but clear evening. after tonight's, another pretty chilly day below the seasonal average on tap with low 50s for santa clara and sunnyvale. 52 expected in mountain view. upper '40's for livermore and pleasanton, 52 for castro valley. it will be a dry sunny day in the north bay with powell, at 5152 in santa rosa low fifties for san francisco 49 for daly city. the forty-niner game tomorrow be very important playoff game against green bay packers would kick off
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at 5:00 p.m., temperatures will be in the mid 40's as we start off the game. we will drop a couple of degrees as we head into the halftime hour. partly cloudy skies, up cool conditions and light winds and the forecast. some of the earlier models predicted rain around game time but it looks like those chances are backing off. 7 day around the bay forecast shows maybe some showers into sunday but at this point it does not seem too likely. into the next work week sunshine, clear skies and temperatures are little warmer. by 48 am and here is traffic with robin. >> and the east shore freeway we have a new trouble spot, not a hot spot is something you should be aware of if you're planning on using 80. eastbound 80 at mcdonald is a stall out big rig blocking two lanes of traffic. the two right lanes. chp is out on the
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same. if you plan on using 80 and the albany area keep that in mind that the two right lanes are blocked. it is not keecausing a major back up yet but we will keep an eye on it. no accidents along this stretch of the all to my headed towards livermore. the more cars headed toward san francisco and on the right-hand side of your screen it is starting to back up a bit. the drive time is still less than 10 minutes out of the oakland a's into downtown san francisco. your ride across the san mateo bridge is still looking nice and smooth and trouble-free in both directions were as you work your way between hayward and foster city. the ride across 1 01 is also looking good. if your planning and heading from the north bay into san francisco the drive time is still 21 minutes from them about to downtown san francisco. >> a recently published
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report shows there is a greater chance of a mega earthquake along the san andreas fault. according to a new study published in an on-line report and the journal nature, fault lies with what scientists call creeping segments have been known not to produce major earthquakes until now. the study fires of the san andreas goodbye league snapped causing a major earthquake along the entire fall line. the u.s. geological survey in menlo park says of the section of the san andreas fault in question has been creeping for the thousands of years but they do not believe this latest that the changes much. the fault that is most likely to have a major earthquake here and bay area is the house of hayward fault. >> starting salaries for the class of 2012 were a little higher than in years past.
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the average salary for new graduates is a little more than $44,000. that is the best year-over-year rise since the class of 2008. the salary averages are only for those graduates who found jobs in their fields of study, not for those who simply took any job they could find. a separate survey of 2012 grads showed that fewer than 30 percent of students polled had a job offer ahead of graduation. i don't think that such good news. let's think about your student loans. steady next week, cal state will begin offering on-line courses for students. the first program is being offered through cal state fullerton or business administration. it is for students who have already completed some college courses but are not able to attend a campus. applications are now being
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accepted for master's degree at cal state's monterey bay campus and later this year bachelor's degree applications at sea as you east bay. for more embracing you can log on to cal state online out net. >> nasa's as a big asteroid is no longer even a remote threat to its lessons are that about 20 years. astronomers at a much better look of the asteroid apophis when it whizzed by earth on wednesday. the recalculated determining it was on pat the hit earth and on april 13, 20136 as once feared. at more than 1,000 ft. wide the racket deuced of damage but not cause worldwide extinctions. nasa's asteroid track office says they now think the asteroid won't be closer than 19,400 mi..
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nestle believes they found the most part like planet yet. the new planet is about 1 1/2 times larger than ours and ordered a star similar to ours out at a similar distance. the discovery dealt by no means guarantees that the planet is suitable for life. the mass is unknown and their ford or its density and there's no information on its atmosphere. >> after the kron4 morning news we want to remind you can watch dr. phil. he is at 10 and again at 4 on weekdays. . . [ crickets chirping ]
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>> it yet brown is there is reason to celebrate. researchers in the czech republic as college students in prague about which i color they deemed more trustworthy. readers
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thursday in general people with brown eyes seemed to be more trust where there if it's bad news. it is real. >> and justin toomer like is ready to go into music again. he has concentrated almost exclusively laid it lately on his acting career. yesterday he posted a video on his web site that showed him walking into a studio, putting out have phones and say i'm ready. his last album was is 2006 grammy winning at future sex club and sounds. he worked so
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hard to get out of the tinny about pop. >> and he as well icblue eyes te airli more problems after 27 and eventto separate incidents for boeing. we have very cold to the jurors out there we will be checking that for you when the kron4 news returns in just two minutes.

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